EDC 430 F08 CL01 - What is Understanding

Agenda for Class 01: What Do We Mean by Understanding?

Goal: Describe what we mean by "understanding."

Due before class:

• Read Gallagher Ch 2

Activities

• Field Trip
• Introductions
  • Each other
  • Course
  • URIteacherknowledge Wiki (URITK)
• Welcome to the Teaching Profession
• Concept map activity: What does it mean to "understand" a concept?
• Complete Student Teaching Placement Letters.

Week's Assignments

• Due Friday, Sept 12:
  • Complete questionnaire: EDC 430 Student Questionaire
• Due next class:

For Next Week

• This week's reading can be found online at: http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10126&page=1
  • or here is the PDF:
    

    How Students Learn Ch 1v2.pdf
    

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    Reading - A Fish Story
• Post your teaching rationales here: EDC 430 Teaching Rationales F08
• Clean up your online identities!